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ArticleCatalysis science & technology2026

Product distribution in the silicatein-catalysed synthesis of polydimethylsiloxane.

Yuqing Lu, Lu Shin Wong

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Article in Catalysis science & technology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Yuqing LuManchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester 131 Princess Street Manchester M1 7DN UK l.s.wong@manchester.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5201-0225
Lu Shin WongManchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester 131 Princess Street Manchester M1 7DN UK l.s.wong@manchester.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7437-123X

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Abstract

Biocatalytic polymerisations of monomeric siloxane precursors to polysiloxane "silicone" polymers were recently reported. This study further investigates the polymerisation and depolymerisation of poly(dimethylsiloxane) from the monomeric precursor dimethyldimethoxysilane, catalysed by recombinant enzyme silicatein-α. Here, product distributions were systematically examined to assess the reaction outcome over time, and to deduce the pathways by which both linear polymers and small cyclic oligomers were produced. The results showed that short-chain oligomers were the predominant products at the early stage of the reaction, which subsequently polymerised into longer linear chains within 48 hours, reaching

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PMCPMC13070288

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